"As long as we are together, then we'll never run out of problems"...

Experience the zen-like life of a deep sea luminescent creature. Feed yourself on plankton by wrapping your membrane around your prey and touching your orbs together. Look out for Squds, Craboids and Lumina Sharks. Eat enough plankton to make it to the next level.

Tip: Stay calm for greater results. Move too quickly and the plankton will be thrown out of your membrane.

Technical achievements:
The dual orb and membrane creature is a very accurate simulation of a cord under water. Nice and calming to watch just by itself.
Collection of the plankton was a big problem. How do you manage to work out whether plankton is inside or outside the membrane?
The solution: Upon each touching of an orb, a line is drawn around each point of the membrane. This line is joined to make a shape, this is then filled with a colour (red). The bounding box of this shape is calculated. If a plankton's coordinates arewithin the bounding box then the algorithm tests if those coords give a red result. If yes, the food is caught and therefore zapped. The drawn colour is then removed before display.

Audio Achievements:
Given the underwater theme, indeed deep sea theme: We wanted an underwater sound with an ambient feel. Much foley recording with our friend the blue bucket gave us all the material we needed.

Game Submission

Version: 

1.11

Installation Notes: 

Need to have Flash Player 9.

Download for free: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Brief Play Description: 

- Catch the Plankton by encircling them...

- Catch enough to move on to the next level...

- Watch out for Sharks...

- The Deep can be played by a one person using keyboard or mouse and as a 2 player.

Game Files: 

thedeep_playable.zip